Sea turtle egg rescue

July 19, 2010 12:00 AM

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Researchers and biologists harvest sea turtle eggs from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Friday, July 9, 2010. Wildlife authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to the east coast of Florida, hoping to save them from oil leaking from BP's Macondo well in the Gulf of Mexico. less

Researchers and biologists harvest sea turtle eggs from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Friday, July 9, 2010. Wildlife authorities are relocating thousands of sea turtle eggs to the east coast of Florida, ... more

Jeff Trandahl, right, executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Thomas Strickland of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, second from right, carry a cooler full of sea turtle eggs after harvesting them from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Friday, July 9, 2010. less

Jeff Trandahl, right, executive director of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and Thomas Strickland of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior, second from right, carry a cooler full of sea turtle eggs after ... more

Thomas Strickland of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior gives a thumbs up after loading two coolers of sea turtle eggs into a Fed Ex truck after harvesting them from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Friday, July 9, 2010. less

Thomas Strickland of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior gives a thumbs up after loading two coolers of sea turtle eggs into a Fed Ex truck after harvesting them from the sand in Port St. Joe, Fla., on Friday, July ... more

Photo: Dave Martin, AP

Thomas Strickland of the U.S. Dept. of the Interior gives a thumbs... Photo-1250131.18036 - Houston Chronicle

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This July 10, 2010 photo released by NASA shows the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast being released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. less

This July 10, 2010 photo released by NASA shows the first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast being released into the Atlantic Ocean off ... more

Photo: Kim Shifflett, AP/NASA

This July 10, 2010 photo released by NASA shows the first group of... Photo-1250132.18036 - Houston Chronicle

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The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.

Photo: Kim Shifflett, AP/NASA

The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley... Photo-1250133.18036 - Houston Chronicle

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The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla. The effort is part of a plan to pluck some 70,000 eggs from nests on Alabama and Florida beaches before they hatch and swim out into the oil from the April 20 rig explosion off Louisiana. less

The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast are released into the Atlantic Ocean off Cape Canaveral, Fla. The effort is part of a plan ... more

Photo: Kim Shifflett, AP/NASA

The first group of hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley... Photo-1250134.18036 - Houston Chronicle

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Hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast enter into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on July 10, 2010.

Hatchlings from endangered Kemp's Ridley sea turtle eggs brought from beaches along the Gulf Coast enter into the Atlantic Ocean off NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla. on July 10, 2010.